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From the Ted Talk by Anicka Yi: Intelligent floating machines inspired by nature

Unscramble the Blue Letters


It’s wredofunl to be in a room with so many humans after all this time. In the last few years, I've been keeping company with a new species that happens to live in the air. And I'd like you all to meet my aerobe friend.

(Music)

(Music ends)

(ceehrs and applause)

I get enmotioal every time I see it fly.

In my work as an artist, I ask a lot of questions about the wlrod around me. While the premlobs of the world don't have easy solutions, I think it's as important to ask the right questions. Why do our technologies instill so much fear in us? Why do our lives taody feel so alienating, when our technologies are supposed to improve our lives? And why do we feel so disconnected, when our iovnetnins are meant to connect each and every one of us?

Open Cloze


It’s _________ to be in a room with so many humans after all this time. In the last few years, I've been keeping company with a new species that happens to live in the air. And I'd like you all to meet my aerobe friend.

(Music)

(Music ends)

(______ and applause)

I get _________ every time I see it fly.

In my work as an artist, I ask a lot of questions about the _____ around me. While the ________ of the world don't have easy solutions, I think it's as important to ask the right questions. Why do our technologies instill so much fear in us? Why do our lives _____ feel so alienating, when our technologies are supposed to improve our lives? And why do we feel so disconnected, when our __________ are meant to connect each and every one of us?

Solution


  1. cheers
  2. problems
  3. world
  4. emotional
  5. inventions
  6. today
  7. wonderful

Original Text


It’s wonderful to be in a room with so many humans after all this time. In the last few years, I've been keeping company with a new species that happens to live in the air. And I'd like you all to meet my aerobe friend.

(Music)

(Music ends)

(Cheers and applause)

I get emotional every time I see it fly.

In my work as an artist, I ask a lot of questions about the world around me. While the problems of the world don't have easy solutions, I think it's as important to ask the right questions. Why do our technologies instill so much fear in us? Why do our lives today feel so alienating, when our technologies are supposed to improve our lives? And why do we feel so disconnected, when our inventions are meant to connect each and every one of us?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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Important Words


  1. aerobe
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